THE CHRISTMAS HOPE: Donna VanLiere: St. Martins Press: Fiction: 213 pagesPatricia and Mark Addison have long given up the hope of having a meaningful Christmas. But this year, Patricia’s job as a social worker will lead her to a very special five-year-old: Emily. Against her better judgment, Patricia bends the rules and takes the little girl into her own home. Through the presence of Emily in their house, and her penetrating questions about heaven, the Addisons will learn that there is no sorrow so great that faith cannot help you find your way through. And Christmas will once more be a time of warmth in their home.
I really enjoyed this sweet holiday tale! The Addisons learn how to love again as they work through the grief that they each feel and are brought together by Emily, a child who has borne grief of her own. This story pulled at the heart strings and left me with the feeling of Christmas.
AMM
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